With the advancement of medicine, the equipment used to detect diseases is also becoming increasingly advanced. Previously, doctors diagnosed illnesses through observation, hearing, questioning, and palpation, while now doctors rely on advanced equipment for diagnosis. Ultrasound is one of them. Do I need to hold my urine when doing an ultrasound to understand menstrual irregularities?
If menstrual irregularities require ultrasound examination, most of them are to check whether there are disease factors in the genital attachments, such as the uterus, ovaries, etc. However, these organs of the body must be imaged more clearly when the bladder is full, so holding urine is necessary for ultrasound examination of menstrual disorders. Not only should you hold your urine, but also try to hold your urine as much as possible, which is more conducive to doctors checking for diseases.
In addition to checking the uterus, ovaries, and other organs, holding urine is also necessary when examining the kidneys, bladder, and male prostate. To save time, it is best to drink a few cups of warm water in advance before heading to the hospital to generate urine more quickly. Don't wait until it's time to check before starting to drink water and hold your urine, it's too time-consuming.
But not all items that pass the ultrasound examination require holding urine. Most examinations of the upper abdominal organs do not require holding urine. For example, the stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, etc. can be directly examined. But in order to improve the accuracy of the examination results, it is necessary to have an empty stomach, which means that no food or water should be consumed for six hours before the examination.
